Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 30, 1986 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | In Your Eyes | ▲ | 15 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 3 | 2 | Take Me Home Tonight | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 1 | 3 | Throwing It All Away | 1 | 2 |
| Genesis |
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| 9 | 4 | Wild Wild Life | 3 | 9 |
| Talking Heads |
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| 5 | 5 | Split Decision | 2 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 4 | 6 | Stuck With You | 4 | 1 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 6 | 7 | Somebody's Out There | 2 | 17 |
| Triumph |
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| 8 | 8 | Fall On Me | 5 |
| R.E.M. |
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| 14 | 9 | It's You | 6 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 12 | 10 | Reelin' And Rockin' LIVE | ▲ |
| George Thorogood & The Destroyers |
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| 15 | 11 | A Matter Of Trust | ▲ | 5 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 13 | 12 | Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) | 10 | 1 |
| Glass Tiger |
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| 17 | 13 | Eye Of The Zombie | 3 |
| John Fogerty |
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| 11 | 14 | Missionary Man | 1 | 14 |
| Eurythmics |
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| - | 15 | Emotion In Motion | 2 | 12 |
| Ric Ocasek |
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| - | 16 | You Give Love A Bad Name | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| - | 17 | Welcome To The Boomtown | 6 | 16 |
| David & David |
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| 7 | 18 | Red Rain | 1 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 16 | 19 | Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain) | 16 |
| INXS |
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| - | 20 | The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | ▲ |
| The Smiths |
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